float

float
Originally uploaded by lesismore.

Illustration Friday

Tomorrow starts October, and besides having the "Thirty days has September..." song stuck in my head all day, I've been thinking about Halloween.

It's my little lame excuse for an abstract illustration, but I left the "underdrawing" for you. I like when artists do that with paintings.

rogue of the week

usdhs
Originally uploaded by lesismore.

The Willamette Week is a free local magazine that comes out every Wednesday with arts and entertainment and all sorts of local fun around the Portland-Metro area (in Oregon). There is a column called Rogue of the Week. This week's rogue is F.E.M.A.

I'm glad someone said something about it.

depth

depth
Originally uploaded by lesismore.

Illustration Friday

Yes, this is a commentary on my life, in case you were wondering.

Example: I still haven't done my taxes.

Top that.

suffering and hope

Tree Painting
Originally uploaded by lesismore.

Katrina has really been making me think a lot about the constant tension between man and nature. How man can build beautiful structures that take years just to perfect the design and even more years building, just to be swept away or broken down in moments by the wind, rain or earth.

It just makes me think of the fragility of life and the world we live in. I've thought about making prints of this painting, (it's actually two paintings that make one) selling them and giving the proceeds to Katrina survivors. If you have any tips on ways to make prints for fairly cheap, let me know since I've never done it before.

roots

roots
Originally uploaded by lesismore.

Illustration Friday

I have to be honest; the first thing that came to mind were actual roots, like tree roots.

But, seeing as I always need to try too hard to be 'original', this is what I came up with.